l'accolade : Embrace

73.3. mon sang ne fît qu'un tour : ' I felt stunned ' ; ' my heart stood still.'

73.4. mon jobard de lieutenant : ' This simpleton of a lieutenant.'

73.5. la dot réglementaire : ' The régulation dowry,' i.e. the dowry that the army régulations insist upon before an offtcer is allowed to marry.

74.1. par coup de tête : ' On a hasty impulse,' in a fit of vexation or despair.

74.2. Batignolles : In the north of Paris, near the Place Clichy.

74.3. ma redingote à manger du rôti = ' ma redingote de cérémonie,' ' my best frock-coat.'

74.4. astiqué, etc. : ' Polished,' i.e. smartly turned out as if for the C.O.'s inspection.

74.5. Saumur : On the Loire (départ. Maine-et-Loire), famous for its sparkling white wine.

74.6. vent-debout vent-arrière: ' Half seas over ' ; lit. 'with the wind now ahead, now astern,' like a badly steered boat.

74.7. en veux-tu en voilà: ' To their hearts' content' ; lit. 'do you want some ? well, hère you are ! '

75.1. La Bourse: The Exchange. The building stands half-way between the Palais-Royal and the Boulevard Montmartre.